496 MARYLAND MANUAL

TABLE 2.—POPULATION OF MARYLAND, BY COUNTIES:
1950 AND 1940

(Minus sign (—) denotes decrease)

	Population		Percent
			increase
County			1940 to
	1950	1940	1950
The State	2,343,001	1,821,244	26 6
Allegany	89,556	86,973	3 0
Anne Arundel	117,392	68,375	71 7
Baltimore	270,273	155,825	73 4
Baltimore city	949,708	859,100	10 5
Calvert	12,100	10,484	15 4
Caroline	18,234	17,549	3 9
Carroll	44,907	39,054	15 0
Cecil	33,356	26,407	26 3
Charles	23,415	17,612	32 9
Dorchester	27,315	28,006	-0 7
Frederick	62,287	57,312	8 7
Garrett	21,259	21,981	-3 3
Harford	51,782	35,060	47 7
Howard	23,119	17,175	34 6
Kent	13,677	13,465	1 6
Montgomery	164,401	83,912	95 9
Prince George's Queen Anne's	194,182 14,579	89,490 14,476	117 0 0 7
St. Mary's	29,111	14,626	99 0
Somerset	20,745	20,965	-1 0
Talbot	19,428	18,784	3 4
Washington	78,886	68,838	14 6
Wicomico	39,641	34,530	14 8
Worcester	23,148	21,245	9 0